Oct 29 Sudan’s paramilitary killed hundreds including hospital patients in Darfur, residents say By Samy Magdy, Associated Press The World Health Organization says it is appalled by the reports of 460 people killed at Saudi Maternity Hospital. The Sudan Doctors Network says the Rapid Support Forces cold-bloodedly killed everyone inside. Witnesses describe widespread ethnic and politically motivated killings. Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch 8:04 Sudan’s cultural heritage becomes a casualty in its civil war By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson, Leila Jackson Sudan’s civil war has become a humanitarian catastrophe of staggering scale, marked by famine, ethnic cleansing and sexual violence. Over three years, an estimated 150,000 people have been killed, and nearly 13 million have been forced from their homes. But… Continue watching
Oct 11 Sudanese paramilitary attack kills at least 53 people in North Darfur, aid group says By Samy Magdy, Associated Press A shelling and drone attack by the Sudanese paramilitary forces hit a shelter in a besieged city in the Darfur region, killing at least 53 people, a doctors’ group said Saturday. The onslaught was the latest in Sudan's more than two-year… Continue reading
Oct 06 ICC convicts militia leader of atrocities in Darfur killings more than 20 years ago By Mike Corder, Associated Press Ali Muhammad Ali Abd–Al-Rahman was convicted of crimes for leading Janjaweed militia forces in Darfur that went on a campaign of killing and destruction in 2003-2004. Continue reading
Sep 19 Sudanese paramilitary group reportedly kills 43 in mosque drone strike, says a local medical group By Fatma Khaled, Associated Press The Sudan Doctors Network said Friday on X that Muslim worshipers, including older people and children, were killed in a drone strike launched by the Rapid Support Forces, calling it a “heinous crime” against unarmed civilians that showed the group’s… Continue reading
Sep 02 Sudan landslide kills more than 1,000 people after wiping out entire village in Darfur By Samy Magdy, Associated Press The Sudan Liberation Movement-Army said Monday that initial information indicates the death of all village residents, with only one survivor. Continue reading
Aug 31 Watch 4:14 WFP director Cindy McCain on the humanitarian crisis, starvation in Sudan By William Brangham, Dan Sagalyn, Janine AlHadidi The International Rescue Committee estimates that worldwide, countries with about 11% of the world’s population account for a staggering 82% of people needing humanitarian aid. William Brangham spoke with Cindy McCain, director of the United Nations’ World Food Program, about… Continue watching
Aug 27 Besieged city is ‘epicenter of child suffering’ in Sudan, UNICEF warns By Samy Magdy, Associated Press Darfur’s El-Fasher faces a “devastating tragedy” as the city’s remaining population of about 260,000 people, half of them children, are besieged by the Rapid Support Forces, the U.N.’s children’s arm has warned. Continue reading
Aug 23 Trucks carrying UN food aid to Sudan’s famine-hit Darfur region destroyed by drone attack By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press A drone attack on a 16-truck U.N. convoy carrying desperately needed food to Sudan’s famine-hit North Darfur region destroyed three vehicles that had caught fire, the World Food Program said. All drivers and personnel were safe. Continue reading
Aug 20 Villagers offer harrowing accounts of one of the deadliest attacks in Sudan’s civil war By Samy Magdy, Associated Press At least 200 people were killed in the village of Shaq al-Noum, including many women and children. Witnesses told The Associated Press that hundreds of fighters rampaged through the community, burning houses and shooting at fleeing residents. Continue reading